The polished npm package saw frequent releases from 2017 to 2021, with peaks in 2017 and 2019. Releases became less frequent from 2021 and onward. There have been no releases since February 2024.
Polished npm package downloads show a generally upward trend. Downloads grew significantly from March 2024 to July 2025, peaking around 39 million. August 2025 saw a decrease, and September 2025 downloads are incomplete and significantly lower likely because the month isn't over yet.
Polished is a comprehensive collection of Sass and CSS helper functions and mixins designed to streamline your style writing process. Offering tools for color manipulation, font-size scaling, and background image management, Polished promotes maintainable and reusable styles. It abstracts away complex CSS implementations, improving developer efficiency and code readability. With Polished, developers can focus on design, ensuring consistency and reducing boilerplate in their style sheets. The library is regularly updated and well-documented, enhancing its usability for various CSS-in-JS and vanilla CSS projects.
